Rebecca Tushnet
| Rebecca Tushnet | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 4, 1973 |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University, 1995 Yale Law School, 1998 |
| Occupation | Law Professor |
| Employer | Harvard Law School |
| Website | Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log |
Rebecca Tushnet (born April 4, 1973) is the inaugural Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law at Harvard Law School and an American copyright, trademark, First Amendment, and false advertising legal scholar. In addition to her general scholarship, Tushnet is known for her fanfiction-related scholarship and her legal advocacy work for the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit fandom-related project that supports fanworks (such as fanfiction) through preservation and advocacy.
Tushnet received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1995, and earned her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998. Tushnet clerked for Third Circuit judge Edward R. Becker (1998–99) and US Supreme Court Justice David Souter (1999-2000). She practiced at Debevoise & Plimpton. Tushnet then entered teaching, first at NYU School of Law (2002–04), then at Georgetown University Law Center (2004–16), and most recently at Harvard Law School. In practice, Tushnet has represented fans in copyright and trademark disputes with rightsholders.
Her father is Mark Tushnet and her mother is Elizabeth Alexander, who directs the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Her sister Eve Tushnet is a lesbian Catholic author and blogger.
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